XMO 4CF check TAT 72 Days at JHAS including Keel beam changes QF Management and LAME active disruption and low priority for Engineering responses.
XMR TAT 85days at the worlds best Qantas 737 facility.
What is the point in quoting the turn times of 2 particular aircraft, both of which would considered to be clapped out (hence the reason they're consigned to freighter duties).
Now quote the statistics from the facility of all aircraft that enter and leave that facility over a year and get back to us for some relevance.
What the ALAEA FED SEC was alluding to, in my opinion, is a unionised workforce isn't what the previous howard government drummed into the Australian psyche, that being outdated, expensive, inflexible etc. In fact in this case its quite the opposite. People who don't work for Qantas like to bag it because their workers have conditions outsiders do not. How popular is the hours per year thing at John Holland, especially now that there has been a few peaks and troughs ?
And for some extra relevance, go and have a look at the EBA's for Qantas LAME's, the money is not that good relative to other airlines, even JHAS or virgin unless you've been at Qantas for 30 years with 10 types. Most of the guys haven't though. The points system was pushed for by management in the first place, so you can't blame the union for that!